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Roger 'Bill' Terry dies at 87; member of WWII Tuskegee Airmen
Roger "Bill" Terry, the only member of the all-black group of World War II pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen convicted in what became known as the Freeman Field Mutiny, died of heart failure Thursday at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center....Tags: Obituaries, Rebellions, George W. Bush, Bars and Clubs, World War II (1939-1945)
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Letters to the editor
Heeeeere's Conan Re "Leno keeping NBC up at night," Oct. 15 Ever since NBC made the announcement to replace Jay Leno with Conan O'Brien on "The Tonight Show" in 2009, I have been hoping the network would change its mind. Why must youth always be served?...Tags: Television, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Antonin Scalia, Discrimination, Buddhism
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Atlanta's Nobel peace prize laureates
Special to The Los Angeles TimesThe Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Social activist, pastor Born: Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta Died: Assassinated April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn. Accomplishments: Led U.S. civil-rights movement. Emerged as a force in 1955, with the Montgomery, Ala., bus...Tags: Heads of State, Memphis, Nobel Prize Awards, Ronald Reagan, Buddhism
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They're doing it Frank Sinatra's way
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAnew era is beginning in the career of Frank Sinatra even if the Chairman of the Board isn't here to participate. The iconic singer died May 14, 1998, and the 10th anniversary is being marked with a flurry of activity, including a new U.S. postage...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Martin Scorsese, Live Nation, Entertainment
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History calls them -- again
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFor years, Robert Searcy tried to forget serving as a Tuskegee Airman during World War II. Sometimes, he thought of his service in the segregated military as two years, 10 months and 27 days lost. He had hoped to become a doctor but enlisted instead at...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, George W. Bush, Bars and Clubs, Motorvehicle Accidents
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The Master of the One-Liner
Times Staff WriterBob Hope, the elder statesman of comedy whose extraordinary career spanned vaudeville, Broadway, radio, television, movies, books and makeshift concert platforms in war zones, has died. He was 100. Hope died at 9:28 p.m. Sunday at his home in Toluca...Tags: Obituaries, Golf, Jean Hersholt, Science, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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The Fixer
Times Staff WriterWillis Edwards had been in some deep holes before, but nothing had prepared him for that moment, late in 1996, when he arrived at the Veterans Administration hospital in Westwood, 130 pounds left on his 6-foot-3 frame, suffering from AIDS. For most of...Tags: Television, Activism, Sidney Poitier, Richard M. Daley, NAACP Image Awards
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Patricia Erickson: WWII WASP was happiest when flying
A member of a pioneering group of female paramilitary World War II pilots, Winter Park resident Patricia Erickson, died March 2 at the age of 92. Part of the group known as Women Air Service Pilots, or WASPs, which won a Congressional Gold Medal of...
Tags: Military Equipment, Awards and Prizes, Winter Park, Cross Country Skiing, Human Interest
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Charles Wells, printing firm owner
Charles Nelson Wells, a retired owner of a printing firm and a World War II veteran later honored for his service with a Congressional Gold Medal, died of a blood disorder Feb. 12 at Sinai Hospital. He was 87 and lived in Lochearn. Born in Baltimore and...
Tags: Morgan State University, Awards and Prizes, Unrest, Conflicts and War, NAACP, Camp Lejeune (military base)
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What was biggest local story of 2012: Dwightmare, UCF, Bobby Bowden or Gators?
Running off at the typewriter. … Since this is the final "Running Off" of the year, let's review the biggest and best, whiniest and worst of 2012. Biggest sports story of local interest: (1) Dwightmare and resulting collateral damage in Magic...
Tags: NBA All-Star Game, New Year's Day, Peyton Manning, Orlando Magic, Metta World Peace
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Neil Armstrong: History honors him with day of programs
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelNeil Armstrong, who died Saturday at age 82, will be saluted with a day of programs Tuesday on History. The programs focus on the space program and the Apollo 11 mission, during which Armstrong became the first human to walk on the moon. The times and... -
Honolulu man votes one last time -- from his deathbed
Los Angeles TimesFrank Tanabe’s health is deteriorating fast, but his desire to vote is not. The 93-year-old Japanese American lies on his deathbed in his daughter’s Honolulu home, in hospice care since early September after doctors discovered his liver...Tags: Liver Cancer, Voting, Macular Degeneration, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Physical Fitness and Exercise
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